Trading Places (Special Collector's Edition)

Buy This Item Trading Places (Special Collector's Edition) by Paramount  Available from Amazon  $12.99  on 11-27-2008     In this crowd-pleasing 1983 comedy of high finance about a homeless con artist who becomes a Wall Street robber baron, Eddie Murphy consolidated the success of his startling debut in the previous year's <i>48 Hours</i> and polished his slick-winner persona. The turnabout begins with an argument between super-rich siblings, played by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche: Are captains of industry, they wonder, born or made? To settle the issue, the meanies construct a cruel experiment in social Darwinism. Preppie commodities trader Dan Aykroyd (perfectly cast) is stripped of all his worldly goods and expelled from the firm, and Murphy's smelly derelict is appointed to take his place, graduating to tailored suits and a world-class harem in record time. Eventually the two men team up to teach the nasty old manipulators a lesson, cornering the market in frozen orange juice futures in the process. Director John Landis (<i>The Blues Brothers</i>) doesn't have the world's lightest touch, but he hits most of the jokes hard and quite a few of them pay off. <i>Trading Places</i> is also a landmark film for fans of Jamie Lee Curtis. <i>--David Chute</i> Reader Reviews This is an old movie but worth watching over and over. In my opinion, there was great chemistry between Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykyoid. This movie still ranks up there compared to some of the recent inane movies they have done lately. There is a great story as well as an excellent plot. All the supporting cast were a perfect match for the main actors.

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